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Eating all your meals before 3pm could be good for your health

Is it worth squeezing all your food into just 6 hours?

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By Alice Klein

Not eating carbs after 6pm is a common diet tip, but here’s a new idea. A small study of overweight men suggests that not eating anything at all after 3pm reduces appetite, cuts blood pressure, and may prevent diabetes.

Time-restricted eating has been found to stabilise blood sugar levels and reduce diabetes risk in mice, but rigorous studies in people have been lacking. To address this, Courtney Peterson at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and her colleagues tested a diet in 8 …